Currie, Kenneth R.

Education

1978, BSIE (Magna Cum Laude) West Virginia University
1986, MSIE, West Virginia University
1988, Ph.D., West Virginia University

Ken Currie, P.E., Ph.D., is Professor & Chair of the Industrial & Management
Systems Engineering Department within the Statler College of Engineering at West
Virginia University. Prior to July 2014, Currie was Director of the Center for Manufacturing
Research (CMR) at Tennessee Technological University, an Accomplished Center of Excellence
within the State of Tennessee. He has taught numerous courses during his thirty-year
academic career including Design for Manufacturability, Facilities Design, and Industrial
Simulation. Prior to pursuing an academic career, Currie also held positions as an
industrial engineer at ALCOA Warrick Operations and Honeywell Solid State Electronics
Division. Dr. Currie has been an active researcher, serving as either Principal or
Co-Principal Investigator of over $9 million in externally funded research with a
client list that includes the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, Department of Energy, National
Science Foundation, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, National Center for Advanced
Manufacturing, Lennox Heating & Air Conditioning, Saturn Corporation, Northrop
Grumman, (ESSD), The Aerostructures Corporation, and several other smaller industries.

Currie has also served as Associate Director of the DOE-funded Industrial Assessment
Center at Tennessee Tech University, which offers energy assessments to small &
medium-sized industrial clients at no cost to the industry. He has attained the following
energy and energy management certifications; (1) Certified Practitioner of Energy
Management Systems, Industrial; (2) Certified Practitioner for Superior Energy Performance
Verification, Industrial; and (3) Qualified Specialist in AirMaster+ for compressed
air systems.